Potrzeba niemieckiego zadośćuczynienia za zbrodnie popełnione wobec Polski

Abstract

Germans now treat Poland in a disrespectful manner, and they consider all historic events to be outdated. Even in the 1960s and 1970s, there was at least some Germans guilt for over 6 million Polish citizens killed during World War II, for mass executions in Polish lands, for crimes committed in concentration camps, for forcing Poles to do forced labor, for the robbery of Polish children, for the burning of Warsaw, for the status of the sub-people, given to the Poles by the occupant. There is no more guilt today. Instead, in Germany, there was a claim to be a normal European state, not burdened with historical events. Germans are improving their well-being, dropping the crimes of 1939-1945 into almost mythical Nazis who do not necessarily have to be associated with their grandparents and great-grandparents. They create themselves on the victims of World War II, hurt by taking back Silesia, Western Pomerania and other territories, displaced from Poland and Czechoslovakia and allied bombing of many cities. In this way of thinking, responsibility for the years of Nazi rule disappears, for countless crimes and for the suffering of hundreds of millions of people. Until today, the Germans have not settled their brown past, and in relation to Poland they have not even dealt with a small part of the problems associated with the crimes committed by them during World War II. Some things will not be done anymore. Due to the passage of time, almost no Nazi criminals can be punished who murdered Poles and Jews. It is also difficult to change the German mentality and way of thinking. The influence of former NSDAP activists on governments in Germany was enormous. Its effects are borne by the Federal Republic even today in the way of shaping its elites. Here you only have to hope that time and wise reflection will do their job. However, Germany has a chance to reward Poland with enormous material losses. To pay huge repairs for the destruction of Poland during World War II, and to pay real, real compensation to the victims of German crimes and their descendants is simply a matter of course. Billions of brands issued Germany to absorb after 1989 the so-called Eastern Lands. Nothing stands in the way that by fulfilling the orders of the Christian religion and the moral assumptions expressed in the German Constitution, they allocate a similar or a larger sum to just satisfaction to Poland and Poles. It is also clear that Germany should return all looted works of art, library collections, manuscripts, etc. They should also stop displaying contempt for Poles and treating Poland as a market and financial exploitation. In the latter matter, however, Poland itself has something to say, and its subjective policy carried out in recent years effectively inhibits the German aspirations. Only the implementation of the above postulates will make Polish-German relations normal and good-neighborly. You do not need to convince anyone that it is in the interest of both Poland and Germany.